Mirroring

Process

To setup mirroring in a secure and scalable way, use the following steps:

1. Login as the gl-support-bot user
2. Navigate to the source project
3. Add a new mirror
   • Git repository URL: ssh://gitlab.com/full/path/to/project.git
   • Mirror direction: Push
   • Authentication method: SSH public key
   • Username: git
   • Keep divergent refs: unchecked
   • Mirror branches: Mirror only protected branches
4. Copy SSH public key from new mirror
5. Navigate to the target project
6. Add a new deploy key (under Settings > Repository > Deploy Keys)
   • Title: full/path/to/project
   • Key: The value copied in step 4
   • Grant write permissions to this key: checked
   • Expiration date (optional): leave it blank
7. Navigate to the source project
8. Force an update on the mirror (under Settings > Repository > Mirroring repositories)

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